PhD position in sociolinguistics - focus on language contact among endangered languages of SE Asia - NTU, Singapore

[Frantisek Kratochvil (Asst Prof)]

Hi all,

apologies for multiple postings.

We are offering a single doctoral position (4 years, full grant, starting from August 1, 2013) in linguistics focusing on the study of multilingualism, language contact and language shift in historical linguistic contact zones of Southeast Asia.

Further details can be found below.

Frantisek Kratochvil, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore


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University or Organization: Nanyang Technological University
Department: Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies (School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Job Location: Singapore
Web Address: http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/default.aspx
Job Rank: PhD Position in Linguistics

Specialty Areas: Sociolinguistics, Multilingualism, Endangered Languages, Language Contact, Southeast Asian languages

Required Language(s): Malay/Indonesian, Thai, or Hindi an advantage

Topic: Multilingualism and Language Shift in Historical Linguistic Contact Zones of Southeast Asia

Description:

We are offering a single doctoral position (4 years, full grant, starting from August 1, 2013) in linguistics focusing on the study of multilingualism, language contact and language shift in historical linguistic contact zones of Southeast Asia.

The PhD candidate will work within the project entitled 'Exploring the crossroads of linguistic diversity: language contact in South-East Asia' funded by the Singaporean Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 2 Research Grant Scheme. For a brief description, see http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/AboutLMS/newsevents/Documents/ACTier2news.pdf.


The project will map three sites of long-standing language contact: northeast India and northern Thailand, southern peninsular Malaysia, and eastern Indonesia, where minority communities speak languages belonging to several distinct language families. All these areas are under pressure of the dominant national languages such as Hindi, Thai or Malay/Indonesian and are undergoing language shift. The task of the PhD student will be to investigate the traditional multilingualism and the construction of multilingual identity in these areas as well as the current language shift.

Applicants should have a strong undergraduate or Masters degree in linguistics and be willing to conduct traditional fieldwork. We are looking for candidates with:

-       Previous experience in language description of urban fieldwork (both methodology and technology),
-       Interest in social interaction, identity and multilingualism, and
-       (some) knowledge of Hindi, Thai, or Malay/Indonesian.

The successful applicant will join the project team at the Nanyang Technological University and will be expected to conduct sociolinguistic fieldwork in the abovementioned areas of Southeast Asia for about a year in total.

For more information about the project, please contact Dr. Francesco Cavallaro CFCavallaro at ntu.edu.sg, or Dr. František Kratochvíl fkratochvil at ntu.edu.sg. See also the project website at http://diha.ntu.edu.sg/projects_diha.html.

For more information about our graduate program, and for detailed information about the application, please visit http://www.hss.ntu.edu.sg/ProspectiveStudents/Graduate/Pages/GraduateProgrammes(ByResearch).aspx

Application deadline is January 31, 2013.

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